Monthly Archives: May 2014

Day 7 finished in dramatic fashion as Andy Murray and Philipp Kohlschreiber were halted for bad light tied at 7-7 in the deciding set of their third round clash. The last couple of games were fantastic entertainment. Credit to Kohlschreiber, who I expected to fold. On three occasions he held with scoreboard pressure. Murray was…

Yes, yes, YESSSSSS! I was absolutely delighted to see Lucie Safarova finally pull off a big win this year. She has been due something special and I am so pleased my prediction of Ivanovic to win in three dramatic sets was wrong! Lucie produced a magnificent performance to defeat Ana Ivanovic, 6-3 6-3 for her…

There have been many surprises at this year’s Roland Garros, but perhaps the greatest of them all is Pauline Parmentier reaching the second week of Roland Garros. The world number 145 has had some reasonable results on the ITF tour this year, winning a title in Grenoble in February. However she had not won a…

After a reasonably quiet day on Thursday, the upset train kicked into gear again as Ajla Tomljanovic knocked out the highest remaining seed in the womens draw, Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4 6-4. After failing to serve out an upset win over Sloane Stephens at the Australian Open, Tomljanovic steadied herself in Paris to record the biggest…

After a rollercoaster start to Roland Garros 2014, day 5 was somewhat flat. The two womens seeds to fall were Kirsten Flipkens and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Pavs was forced to retire hurt with a back injury against Kiki Bertens. She had break points in the second set that would have seen her serve for the match. …

Away from all the action at Roland Garros, Stanislas Wawrinka has just confirmed his attendance for the AEGON Championships at Queens, which starts in ten days time. It’s a real score for the London event to acquire another top ten player. Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are also playing Queens. In yesterday’s poll,…

Another day of shocks saw the world number one, Serena Williams ousted by Garbine Muguruza, 6-2 6-2. By all accounts, Muguruza played a sensational match and Serena just had no answers. This was another really STUNNING loss. It has completely opened up the womens draw with the top two seeds both out. Flavia Pennetta, Alize…

Tuesday saw a huge shock in the womens draw as Li Na, the number two seed, was tumbled out in three sets by Kristina Mladenovic, 7-5 3-6 6-1. It came as such a surprise because Mladenovic, though talented, has done barely anything of note in singles this year. Apart from a top ten win over…

This isn’t shaping up to be a particularly rewarding tournament for some of the ATP next generation as Grigor Dimitrov followed Kei Nishikori on an early plane home with a first round exit. Dimitrov was beaten by Ivo Karlovic in straight sets. Dr. Ivo made the final in Dusseldorf so was in good form; however…

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez was always going to be a tricky match-up for Stan Wawrinka. It was the nature of this shock loss that was so stunning to watch. GGL produced a rock solid display to dispatch the Australian Open champion in four sets on Philippe Chatrier court, 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-0 in two hours and 23…